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Not sure if it has been mentioned yet but a couple of staples could keep the bags closed. Put them on the top part of the bag so that it could be resealed if needed. I agree with you that a heat sealer would be best. Thank you for sharing your processes with us.
Hot 108 degrees here in Deep South
Bags looking very nice. Good product
Keep smiling, move forward, don’t look back. Any negative comments, just blow it off
Larry
Thanks Larry!
Joe, my friend, I am glad for you that you are moving forward, albeit in small steps, good luck to you and prosperity in your business.
Спасибо за то, что ты хороший друг Виктор!! Верность - лучшая черта вашего характера!!
I love the honest info and the cross in the back ground.
Good ole crazy carpet. Has so many other uses than as a kids toy for riding down a snow hill.
One of the great inventions of all time!
Joe, you maybe a simple guy but twenty thousand viewers know your business sence is worth listeni1ng to and enjoy the ride
Thanks Dave!!
5:06
You've actually put 8 holes with 4 punches into the bag.
You could get more efficient by folding th bag before punching.
Interesting. that is some serious math for me!! I tried folding them in half but they are too slippery and difficult to keep square
@@ohiowoodburner In that case try punching several bags at a time. The opening of the puncher will determine how many bags.
Here's a thought. How about a short section of PVC pipe to replace the thing you are using? No need to curl it up all the time, just slip the bag on and fill. Plus can have a level line marked on the inside of the pipe to fill to.
That could work. I will keep an eye out for a pipe
@@ohiowoodburner, on one of your deliveries keep an eye out for construction sites or one of your business contacts might know of a plumber with a short piece of scrap pipe.
@@ohiowoodburner I would suggest making a small bucket that you fill then place the bag over the top and then invert the lot so the bag fills.
Remember to practice safe bag filling. ☺
Hi Joe - its Big Rodders in Ireland. A big thank you is also due to your Head of Videotography for giving you the push in the first place and no doubt her ongoing guiding influence. I recently met an old friend who has started to cold smoke cheese so maybe a similar demand will start up over here in the Emerald Isle. It looks like a fabulous windy dry day with you.
That day was SUPER humid. When we get afternoons like that it always means intense storms in the evening. Thanks for supporting us Big Rodders!
As a fellow small business owner, I will agree with you. Focus on SALES!!!! Keep your cost low and focus on sales.
Preach on Lance!!!
Hey Joe, another great video. My suggestion on the filling station would be to close the trailer doors and tilt the box so the chips slide down to the doors. The smaller chaff pieces will filter to the bottom of the pile, less in the bag and you could easily use a feed scoop, or a used vegetable oil container with the bottom cut out as a scoop. Have a wheelbarrow or office cart style filling station that you can wheel in and out. Also, as you know it’s easier to dry material when the conditions are idea. So stock up supply of filled bags and dry material as much as you can now. That way you can easily handle the demand through the colder and rainy months of the year. At least until you have a facility/shop or equipment that will allow you to dry material inside all year around. Enough of that talk… Love the meet and greet idea. Congratulations on the 20k subscribers milestone. Have a great day! 🪵👍👍😎
Nice idea on the trailer. In today's case I didn't have much chipped.
I came over from Spencer Lawncare. 1st video of yours I've watched. I like your no nonsense approach about growing your business. Best wishes for a great year!
Thanks Raven. I try to live a practical lifestyle and it shows in the way I approach my business. I think an accountant would not like most of the things I do LOL
Really liked how you put the accounting part that is how I think about it
Hey Joe noticed the big cross in the back ground, how cool is that. Happy bagging. Have a great 👍 day
That's our clothesline. I have to remind myself to duck when I'm mowing under it!!
@@ohiowoodburner well, thank God for clotheslines then.
@@jolkraeremeark6949 Right up until you clothesline your neck.
Good morning Joe. Many congratulations on reaching 20,000 subscribers. I told you before, I think this bbq smoking chip idea is awesome. The more I think about it, the more ideas I get on scaling it up. The beautiful thing about this idea is that the cost of scaling this up another level will not be expensive, compared to firewood itself. To go from a chainsaw and splitter to a processor it a big expense at once. It will not be this way with the chips.
I think you and me think a like. I see it the same way.
Joe, your philosophy is right just as long as the incidentals do not fool you into a low or no profit situation. The real quest is a positive net income at years end, but often tax planning can make or break a new business. This is why many of us folks give food for thought to those just starting out. I have seen so many guys fooled by underestimating the overhead and assuming they were profitable only to learn later what they did not account for. No you cannot let it stop you, but it sucks to work all year only to learn you made half of what you thought you did. My second business, I paid a good CPA to do my first years tax forms so that I could see the lines he focused on when covering the 1040 IRS form and then learned to do it myself. I also picked his brain on how I could have planned better to minimize taxes. The second year I went in the first of December and had him look at the numbers and suggest what I could do in the last month to lower my tax burden and it was amazing how with proper purchases made in that month or delayed into January how much I could save with proper planning. Basically after that, nearly every purchase was subsidized by low tax burden making my year end net after tax profits much higher. Yes, he cost a lot in fees at the start but even that was a tax write off. And once I understood it I did my own and saved money that way. Even if you do not do your own taxes, it is a good idea to check with the person you use before any major purchase to see how timing can impact your net after tax situation. Speeding up or delaying can have really positive or negative impacts if you don't know.
Note I did not mention my first attempt at business since what I did not know caused it to fail pretty fast. Yes, most successful businesses have failed at least once and often several times to get where they are. Don't give up, just learn from it.
Great posts Mark. Thanks for sharing. Like I said, I totally agree with this insight. I can only speak for me and if I had to provide this level of analysis I would have never gotten started. There are just some things I can "feel" about my profit margin to know I'm in good enough shape for me. Tax time is always exciting (lol) and so far my projections are pretty close. My goals are as follows... 1. Keep the house B. Keep gas in the truck C. Don't embarrass my wife and kids. So far so good!!
@@ohiowoodburner Joe, I never doubted that with your background you would be fine at "feeling" your overall profits through the year. Your age and background along with the way your mind works is a natural for you. But not all your viewers will have that background to support them and I have seen too many who undervalued themselves because they did not know what they did not know. Like I said you are a great teacher. Keep it up. Best wishes.
I just love listening to you talk man its been a while lol
Always enjoy your business insight, especially since we share a similar business style. Just a tip for you while watching you fill your woodchip bags. If you were to tape that sled at the correct diameter for your bag it would save you a lot of time filling those bags resulting in more time in a cooler environment quicker. Just a small contribution back for all the ideas you've given me since I started watching your channel.
Disagree with tip...
He would have to wrestle the bag over it then...The way he is doing it. He over tightens sled so it will easily slip in bag and then taps so it will expand inside the bag.
@@waynetharp I was not saying to tape exactly the diameter to barely fit the bag, small enough to slide over easily. It's taller than the bag so he could fill above the bag height and when it pulled it out it would fill the bag correctly.
@@timbervisions Copy...
Thanks for the idea TV!!
Great observations Joe. The vast majority of the ‘hair-splitters’ mostly never get the momentum to move forward with ideas. Great work on the biz. I have super-fond memories of running a sales territory across 22 counties including yours in NE Ohio early in my corporate career 1993-95. Several of you guys have inspired us to fire up a firewood side-hustle in a couple zips in central Indiana.
Thank you for the tips. I was looking for another way to sell mesquite wood chips. I am selling mesquite wood chunks in 5lbs onion sacks. With what you have shown, I now know I can make it happen.
Well some positive feedback...good job Joe. Go get getem. Keep up positive energy...it works!!!!!
Thanks buddy!
Hey Joe,simply fix the filling station,while the sled is in the bag, put a few staples in it,if need be cut it in half so the staples go all the way through.. keep'm come'n, love'm... old guy from west Fenton Illinois,preciate ya.
For the bags opening issue, even putting a few staples on the top portion once it's closed for added CHEAP redundancy.
Good idea buddy
You could look into have a sheltered workshop, punch your bags & apply the labels. I've use them in the past & found it to be very economical.
Good idea. Never thought of that before Cort
Run your business your way, who to say there no right or wrong way to run it. Once it works 100% and keeping it simple and been happy in life.
Hi Joe, i was thinking that another way to measure the exact volume that you are putting in the bags with the cylinder shape you create with the plastic slider is to use the area mathematical formula, Volume = pie (3.14) x radius squared x height. For example, if the diameter of the inside of the round tube in the bag is 7.6 inches, then the radius is 3.8 inches. Now assuming you fill to a height of 6 inches, you have a volume of V= 3.14 x (3.8" x3.8") 14.4 square inches x 6 inches high = 271.3 cubic inches which is a lot more than the 180cubic inches that you advertise. Now you can use a black marker to make a fill line in the inside of the cylinder shape. If you make a fill line at 4 inches it would represent about 180.4 cubic inches.
I hope that this helps and that my math is ok.
Please note that if the bag width folded flat is 12 inches, then in theory the bag would have a circumference of 24 inches, and if divide by pie (3.14) it should give you a diameter of 7.6 inches.
Thanks Joe. Well you’re smart enough to “ bend over backwards” to satisfy your customer BEYOND their expectations. Love the invite….heck of a commute from Philly though.
ha ha. That is a long drive...expensive too on the turnpike!
I enjoy your videos. I admire anyone who starts and operates a business regardless of the type it may be. It’s a great way for a person to grow. I was in business and had a philosophy similar to yours, sales driven. For years I was part of a small business which grew to the point big corporations bought us. I found I had a basic difference with that kind of company. They were cost driven whereas I was sales driven. I couldn’t adapt so I got out. It was the best thing I ever did. I wish you great success and hope you will find ways to operate that continue to incorporate your philosophy of efficiency and value for both you and your customers.
Hope that the meet and greet goes well. It’s a little bit of a ride so I won’t be able to make it but I am sure it will be a great time. Congrats on all your subscribers and for your channel that has entertained, educated, and inspired me on all things firewood.
Glad to see your chips are paying off. The kiln you've created with the trailer is a Great Idea!! Have a Safe Day
Thanks Davey!!
You could also use a traffic cone cut off a little towards the tip area.
Also Joe you can put like three Staples in the top of that bags
Good idea John
Great idea!
hot as hell 100 degreese and 100 percent humidity
Too hot for me.
Awesome job!
Congratulations on hitting 20 K subs Joe! That’s awesome. Elaine from Canada here, I have a cutting board that I can roll up like your sled, and I use it so often as a large funnel or “hopper”! Lol Hope you have great success with the wood chip sales. I’m sure you’ve already figured out that you can hole punch a few bags at a time, so I won’t mention it 😜 . Loved the video and the camera work. 👍
They are too slippery to keep them straight Elaine. It is just easier to do one at a time LOL
One thought if you don't want to take the chance of cutting your hands while filling the bags, see if you can get a larger scoop like the ones fast food places fill their french fries bags with. A plastic one would be better for your trailer.
Thanks Bob!
Good Morning Joe! Nobody can stretch a dollar like you. I have enjoyed watching you channel and business grow over the last few years. Congats on 20K Subs
I appreciate that Dave!
Chips, fries… get a gigantic french fry style scoop
Great idea
Thank you! Cheers!
What about the best of both worlds. Keep the ziplock bags but use a home or industrial food sealer (without using the vacuum part) to seal just above the ziplock part. Good for the retailer and the end user can cut off that part and have the zip lock to use. Maybe worth a try.
Congrats on 20K. Keep up the great videos
Thank you Doug!
Hey Joe most people that smoke met don't want really dry chips they burn up too fast. put those holes in the bag and skip the drying
Man I sure would like to meet you and other fellow firewood friends. I will be in NC doing what I do best. Eat some bbq for me. What a great idea, meet and greet.
Some day we can meet up Clint!
Always enjoy watching you work, you get a lot done you work at a comfortable pace
Thanks Jeremy. One of the joys of self employed for sure!!
You know Joe, many bbq places have products next to their checkout areas that sell their own labeled products like Sauces they use. They do not make it but they rebrand it. Wonder if any of your customers might like their own line of chips labeled with their name that is the same species of chips as their wood they use for their own pits. Who out of your customer list uses hickory now? Might shop them for their own branded chips supplied by you but with their own label. Just a thought...
Joe what a great video congratulations on hitting 20.000
Thanks Bob!!!
Great video, Joe..always love your content. About punching holes in the bags, you could lay 20 bags all lined up on top of one another, find a piece of wood (I 'm sure you have some lying around!!) , lay your bags on the wood and drill through them with a drill and a suitable bit. Also to secure the top of the bags, just fold the top over and secure it with a small piece of tape. Keep them coming ,Joe thanks from Wales U. k.
Thanks Dave! The bags are too slippery to stack them like that. They slide out from each other etc. I think there are some bags you can buy with the holes already in them.
@@ohiowoodburner - You might want to try stacking about 10 bags on a board and use a leather punch. Looks like a round hollow chisel you would use on a poly cutting board.
Im wondering if a popcorn scoop might work for loading the woodchips it may be worth looking into if you havent
I had thought of the same thing Larry. Or maybe a kitty litter scoop
A leather workers hole punch might work do a stack of bags at once great video as always keep up the good work
Thanks Glen
Congratulations on the subscribers and views! Keep us updated on how the sales are going. Hope the meet and great does well. 8hrs for me so I guess I'll miss it.😂
Ha ha.. I don't blame you Zeke! I will see you one day for sure
Great video Joe hopefully I'll see you at mission BBQ not far for me.
I am counting on you Josh. You are my #1 for that day!
Joe, Please put some tape around your little filler jig. Great idea!!!
Greetings from Arkansas, love the channel and congrats on your success.
I jut saw your video. Have you thought of getting the wood kiln dried before chipping? Maybe the shrinkage by drying will make the bark come loose, so you can separate that easier. Also your current drying method is very weather sensitive and would probably be insufficient if this product really takes off.
I knew we were going to add holes to the bags, let them breathe so moisture doesn’t build up and grow mold or mildew.
Yup.. gotta have the holes.
Joe there looking good. You need a small scale silo like really small open chute or the scoop they use in McDonald's to put fries into the cartons?? 👍🏴
I agree Mike. I totally thought of the same thing. I need to sneak into a fast food restaurant and get one!!
@@ohiowoodburner most deffo or even ask local caterers I know from my days as a chef you should be able find some kinda supplier that can get u one. Loving the idea though. Really thinking about looking into this myself just need figure few things out 🤔👍🏴
One other comment Joe, I am about to turn 69 and fully retired. Never worked in your industry and only burned wood for five years of my life and cut my own. However I watched one of your videos a long while back and realized that you were not a firewood channel as most assumed, but that you were a general small business channel who's advice is for all small operations and entrepreneurs. You have a great personality for video and you are a "teacher" by nature. The world needs more like you especially in education. That said, you keep me always thinking and I like that so I am here for every video. At my age I will likely never use your products or even be "up that way" any time soon but I can and will watch and click the like button every time. Good luck on your meet and greet. Wish I could travel there for it, but not with this bug in the air in my age and health.
Thanks for the nice post Mark. It is great to hear from you and I really appreciate your insight. Making vids is a lot of fun and certainly I want to become even better knowing that people like you find value! Where do you live?
@@ohiowoodburner An hour west of st. Louis.
In western PA so I can relate to the heat! As far as your operation goes, do what works for you and until your sales out grow your current process you don’t need to change a thing! Let the haters hate.
Good words Joe! Thanks buddy
See if places like family and farm will buy them, they allow local soap makers to sell them in their stores.
Good idea Zack. Thanks buddy
You are making a great product Joe!👍👍
Love ur videos and ideas. New way's
Congrats on reaching 20,000. Your videos are awesome. Keep them coming.
Thank you! Will do Mark!
Hey Joe what a vacuum sealer like foodsaver for the chips. There bags are expensive,but you can get the bags for the sealer cheaper from film tech corp out of north ridge like Ohio.
Thanks Joe. I don't think vacuum would work but I am looking into heat sealers for sure
Here is another idea for you. If you take your cookies, bust them up into chunks. Sell them as smoking wood.
Thanks buddy!
Big congratulations Joe. Quality content and great personality and putting out a great product is paying off for you. Future is bright buddy 👍😎
Thanks Bob!
Congrats on the milestone! I always enjoy your videos and personality. A real out of the box thinker.
Thanks Mainer!
It's a great way to maximize your profits.
Congrats Joe on another milestone! Great to see your dreams come to life! Thanks for sharing, your videos are always enjoyable and contain pearls of wisdom that are so encouraging! 👍
Thanks Tom!!
Congratulations on the 20k! On to the next 20k!
Thank you!
Great video
Glad you enjoyed it Dave
Really enjoy watching your videos Joe. Keep up the great work!
Glad you like them Tim!
Great video Joe
Good Job Joe....I hate to see anything go to waste!!!!!
as do I mary! Thanks
There comes a point of paralysis of analysis!
hey Joe, congratulations on 20,000. I think you have one of the best channels out there. I wanted to come up there for the meet and greet but unfortunately I've made plans for that day. I hope you have another one and I'll try to see you then.
Thanks Tom. I'm sure we can hook up one day.
Mission BBQ IS AWESOME
IT sure is!
Maybe you might want to rethink heat sealing the bags unless you can score the bags to zip off the top. Otherwise your customers will have to somehow cut the opening. Just a thought. Hope everything goes well for you.
Love your thoughts on giving a little more than minimum to expand the business. Just like the baker's dozen
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Thanks Lance
Congratulations on 20k subscribers, we’ll deserved,
We couldn't have done it without you Ebele. Thanks buddy. You are always a nice contributor to the channel.
Hey Joe, where are you going with that firewood stick in your hand! 😃 Rebels Unite!
ha!!
Joe, Make a solar dryer with your trailer. Just put a sheet of clear plastic over the chip filled trailer leaving the dump gate open. Then put a fan at the front of the dump trailer blowing across the chips toward the open trailer gate. Might dry the chips quicker and if it rains the plastic cover keeps the chips dry. You can power the fan with a solar panel or a battery power pack recharged by a solar panel. Check out Jackary Battery power packs with solar panel recharge. Have you tried the plastic drainage pipe on the chipper output chute? Patrick
all good ideas. If I ever grow this side of the business I would prob do things like that Kozak
Congratulations Joe on 20 thousand Subs cheers my friend 🍻pretend one is a Dr Pepper 👌🏻🔥🇨🇦
Ha ha. Thanks!
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If your bags come flat in a box you could drill holes through the entire box and maybe save some time.
Hello Joe, I have been thinking about you wood chip endeavor and what I came up with is what if a person had a stand-alone woodchipper and bought a face cord of say cherry chipped it up, bagged it and sold it. You would not have to have a chainsaw, big log splitter or even a truck. Just hatchet to make the wood smaller. Might be a way for a person to start and not have a lot of money tied up. Thank you and have a great week.
Thanks Curt. I think this is a business model but I am going to use it as an add on sale mostly. I think it is for the takings if someone has the energy!
Summer Saturdays are hard for me.
I'd like to meet you some time.
One day we will buddy!
I hope your meet and greet is a success and no accountants show up. Guess the soup kitchen is closed to have it there. Please let us know if you will be attending any events this year for a another chance to meet you.
Thanks will do!
Take a piece of duck tape & tape the flexible flier to the diameter you need to fit the bag.
that could work but I like to spin is smaller to go into the bag easier
I think you'll do well with the wood chips. It will be interesting to see your process in the future, stream lining the production. Congrats on your 20k subs! Very happy for ya.
Thanks Zane! Where are you from btw??
@@ohiowoodburner Have you ever heard of Apple creek Ohio? It's southeast of Wooster.
*Ohio Wood Burner Ltd* Bravo well done, thank-you sir for taking the time to bring us along. God Bless.
Thanks for watching!
Good morning Joe, you can make your own heat sealing machine. Just take an old metal level and a clothes iron. Just not your wives iron, trust me I learned the hard way on that one. Put the bag on the level and press it with the iron on its highest setting, and it will seal the bags. Love the videos man, keep up the great work.
LOL You made me laugh Charlie. That is something I would do too!
Just a thought but what about talking to your BBQ restaurants about selling your chip bags at there stores
Gas ain’t cheap either Joe.
Good morning Joe.Great idea doing the chips.With your attention to detail. Have you thought about a shaker to clean out the long slivers from the square clean chips?
I have. Maybe some tight chicken wire or something like that. Thanks Jim
Good morning Joe, well my friend 20k and 4 million views is incredible and well deserved. I'm hoping to make the meet and greet so I can meet the guy whom I consider "my friend I've never met" from just across the state line. I will send you an email later today with a thought about how to kiln dry those chips. Congratulations again on 20k & 4 million.
Thanks Jason. I hope you can make it. that would be super cool buddy
Joe, I think if your cardboard was the same size as your bag then you could put the holes in roughly the same place each time. Who cares I know. But more importantly if there was a square marked out on the board the size of your sticker you could place and align the sticker the same every time.
Thanks Brian. I have noticed I have to pay attention of I can put the sticker on crooked.
Joe, you are an inspiration. Keep it up! 🔥
I appreciate that!
If you can get ahold of red alder out there, it's killer wood for smoking fish (salmon trout), it splits super easy abd chips up great. , probably rare in Ohio, it grows in the pnw mainly I believe, but maybe one of your wood suppliers has some. Just a heads up incase you hear that name in the future, it's not a great firewood for heat but ... in alot of people opinion out here it's great for smoked salmon and jerky. Super smokey flavor.
Just along as the wood is not punky, it turns to Styrofoam very fast if not kept dry in a shed.
Thanks Dave. I don't think we have Adler in Ohio though. Not sure
You guys should have a species of it, there is many types. not exactly sure, "smooth alder" or something? Not sure of its smoke quality, or if it's any real relation to red alder out here, but, hickory doesn't grow native in Oregon, but as a tree service guy I come across it 2 times usually someone's grandparents planted it way back long ago.
So what I'm saying is there is a chance! Just keep red alder in the back of your mind 😆 !